I've made some great mistakes in my life, but, you know, they were honest mistakes.
Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.
No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes.
No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.
In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.
If honest of heart and uprightness before God were lacking or if I did not patiently wait on God for instruction, or if I preferred the counsel of my fellow-men to the declarations of the Word of God, I made great mistakes.